The Meaning of Accountability

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The word “accountability” ranks right up there with “freedom,” “justice,” and “democracy” – words commonly used and thought to be understood by all. But that is wrong. It is a term that is complex and misunderstood, and subject to abuse in political discourse.

Weekly Round-up - July 08, 2011

Submitted by on Fri, 12/29/2017 - 09:59
Articles from across the Web that we found interesting, the week of July 04, 2011
 

Gadi Ben-Yehuda

Seven Management Imperatives: Imperative Four - Use Real-Time Performance Data

Submitted by on Fri, 12/29/2017 - 09:52

In the coming years, government executives will need to utilize real-time information for decision-making and accountability. Specifically, they must (1) Collect better data; (2) Conduct better analysis; (3) Make better decisions; and (4) Take smarter action.

Government on the Go

Submitted by on Wed, 12/27/2017 - 15:51

In 2012, President Obama’s digital government plan ordered federal agencies to create at least two mobile apps.  A lot has happened since then, and at all levels of government.

Weekly Roundup January 15, 2016

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The IBM Center's Weekly Roundup highlights articles and insights that we found interesting for the week ending January 15.

Daniel Chenok

More Bread Crumbs in Approps Bill

Submitted by on Wed, 12/27/2017 - 15:24

The fiscal year 2016 consolidated appropriations bill was signed in mid-December, averting a potential government shutdown, but the bill was over two thousand pages long, with even more details in the accompanying committee reports.  The amount of detail is amazing, including a provision authorizing breastfeeding of babies in federal buildings (p. 582), but there are also five provisions that have potential long-term effects on government performance and management.

Weekly Roundup January 22, 2016

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Improving Performance Management. Liam Ackland’s op-ed in Federal Computer Week identifies six steps that agency chief human capital officers could take in 2016 to address three major challenges:  the retirement tsunami, the skills gap, and improving employee engagement. https://fcw.com/Articles/2016/01/15/oped-performance-management.aspx?Page=1

Weekly Roundup January 29, 2016

Submitted by on Wed, 12/27/2017 - 14:53

An Empty Driver’s Seat. Federal News Radio interviews Danny Werfel former federal exec, and former acting IRS commissioner: “Call it the eighth year syndrome. It's the last year of a presidency and scores of politically appointed slots throughout the federal government are vacant, and likely to stay that way until the next administration comes in.”  Werfel gives advice on how career execs can manage through this period.

New Report Explores the Use of Social Tools to Improve Interagency Collaboration

Submitted by on Wed, 12/27/2017 - 14:38

This week, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released a new report with support from the IBM Center for The Business of Government. The report, “New Tools for Collaboration: The Experience of the U.S. Intelligence Community,” is authored by Gregory Treverton, who conducted the study as an independent research effort prior to his returning to government service as Director of the National Intelligence Council. Treverton draws upon but reshapes the results of a RAND project done for the Center for the Study of Intelligence.

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